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September is the month of turning. Shorter days spell the end of most new growth and the Crane wildflower show is coming to an end. Insects are declining and many birds are leaving.
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Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > September is a month when the webs of Garden Spiders, Araneus diadematus, suddenly appear to be absolutely everywhere along the Crane.
Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > September light captures the ripples of the River Crane as it meanders behind Crane Park Island.
Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > The spectacular Rosebay Willowherb has finished flowering in September and the flowers are now replaced by chaotic whorls of cotton seeds. Good stands of this plant occur on the Twickenham Rifle Club site.
Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Dragonflies can still be seen along the Crane in September. This Common Darter is resting on a blade of sedge in between short hawking expeditions over the surface of the Crane.
Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Hawthorn berries are ripening throughout the Crane Valley, providing a feast for local birds and other wildlife.
Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Lesser Burdock has finished flowering and the seedheads are now in evidence. Many will remain intact throughout the entire winter season and will still be standing in the spring.
Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Autumnal dew drops decorate a spider's web.
Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Late summer broods of tiny toadlets are often disturbed in areas of long grass, where they shelter from the September sunshine.
Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Herb Robert continues to blaze into early autumn, providing one of the last glows of a receding woodland understorey.
September is a month when the webs of Garden Spiders, Araneus diadematus, suddenly appear to be absolutely everywhere along the Crane.
 > September is a month when the webs of Garden Spiders, Araneus diadematus, suddenly appear to be absolutely everywhere along the Crane.
September is a month when the webs of Garden Spiders, Araneus diadematus, suddenly appear to be absolutely everywhere along the Crane.
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